18 April 2007Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 19 - Issue No: 38











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Raj TV plans business news channels in southern languages
Raj TV plans to launch business news channels in the four languages of Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam.

India will lead Asia in digital pay-TV, broadband seen slow: report
India will lead APac pay-TV revenue generation by 2015 but lag most of its neighbors in broadband value creation: MPA.

BroadBand services showed increase by end of 2006

Trai chides ESPN, orders immediate restoration of signal to LCO
Trai directs ESPN to restore immediately signal to a Maharashtra LCO, holds disconnection it undertook as illegal.

Executive Dossier
'The challenge in a high growth economy is shortage of talented, trained manpower'

Amidst all the hectic last minute schedules, Goafest Committee chairman and Leo Burnett chairman India subcontinent Arvind Sharma very co-operatively took time out to share his perspective on the current standing of the Indian advertising community, the progression towards growth and expansion and the pitfalls that need to be resolved.

AETN, Astro form Asian JV for History, Crime chnls

Mammoth Earth Day programme on Nat Geo

Pyramid Saimira Theatre Limited announces Q4 results

Eros' 'Provoked ' opens bigger than 'Namesake' in UK

'Anderson Cooper 360º' launches on CNN.com

Buena Vista renews licensing deal with Media Prima

Zooms' 'Maximum Style' gets a new format

Stephen Arnold Music & APM to make library available

Blackstone makes $ 6 billion bid for Intelsat: Reports

AsiaSat again named best Asian satellite carrier

'Ayakashi' receives nominations for 3 Film Festivals

Voom, Mega Media & MDA fuel new HD co-productions

Kasenna HP, Intel team up for IPTV, VoD benchmark

Malhotra elevated to BVITV regional sales director

No proir okay for foreigners/NRIs in India editions

Breakthrough Animation licenses 'Miss BG' to Cartoonito UK
ABC family series 'Kyle Xy' licensed to 120 International territories

Guest Column
Radio For The Community

Highlight - Interview with Ashima Bhalla
Kiss and Tell: Nasir Qazi on the Richard Gere- Shilpa Shetty Kiss
"I am not Manoj Bohra" - Vikas Sethi
Star studded season finale on KBC
The week Ahead - Let's Talk with Abhay Deol

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (25/03/2007 to 31/03/2007)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (25/03/2007 to 31/03/2007)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV
MAX
Sony Entertainment TV
Star One


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
  • TRAI rules out fresh hearing to Nimbus on channel price
  • Net service: VSNL slips in ranking
    Source:The Hindu Business Line
     
  • Time Warner, Megabox plan multiplex chains in India
  • R-ADAG plans open offer for TV Today
  • Pritish Nandy Comm may offer stake to PE firms
  • DD launches two channels in UK
  • earthTV, Mediascope in JV to develop India presence
  • Google to launch presentation software
    Source: Economic Times
     
  • Unsound bytes: Media is being exploited by fame-seekers
  • BBC, Geldof join forces to draw up a map of mankind
  • Swapnil turns spiritual
  • Purvi does it for a laugh
    Source: DNA
     
  • TRAI rules out fresh hearing to Nimbus
    Source: Financial Express
     
  • Reliance Cap makes open offer for 20% in TV Today
  • It`s war of resumes for job portals
  • Pay TV to rule market by 2011
  • No fresh hearing on pricing, Trai tells Nimbus
  • A world of music
    Source: Business Standard
      
  • I&B eases way for foreigners in print
    Source: Indian Express
     
  • AP farmer-women win award for video film
  • Exit polls give BSP edge in hung UP House
  • TimesJobs.com becomes No.1 in India
    Source: Times of India
     
  • `Killer application' that may sideline television
  • Wall Street Journal wins two Pulitzer awards
    Source:The Hindu
     
    International News
  • Time Warner weighs cable-TV ownership: paper
    Source: Reuters
     
  • NBC, News Corp. sign video deal with Comcast
    Source: ZDNet
     
  • JumpTV adds more channels
    Source: www.broadbandtvnews.com
     
  • China Telecom forms partnership with Hunan TV - report
    Source: www.interfax.cn
     
  • Zee Arabiya announces summer training programme for youth across U.A.E.
    Source: AME Info
     
  • Ericsson promotes personalized, interactive TV
    Source: Newsdesk
     
  • XM Canada Reports Strong Revenue Growth in Q2
  • Gemstar-TV Guide Opens Beta of Web-Video Search
    Source: www.broadcastermagazine.com
     
  • Netflix Taps ReplayTV Founder to Head Internet TV Group
    Source: Beta News
     
  • Publishing & Broadcasting Buys Stake in Fontainebleau
    Source: Bloomberg
  • FCC renews license of TV station, despite NBC's protest
    Source: San Jose Mercury News
     
  • Latina's Freyre Exits; Viacom's Glusker Named CEO, Hearst's Lewis Joins as President
  • CBS Launches New Cross-Platform Marketing Unit
    Source: Media Week (US)
     
  • GE, NBC Universal debut $250M media fund
    Source: CNN
     
  • Telefónica selects Ericsson’s mobile TV solution
    Source: DM Europe
     
  • Ofcom, broadcasters to meet over HD
    Source: Digital Spy (UK)
     
  • Shapiro-Mathes Heads to TLC
  • AOL Unveils Five Online Programs at Upfront
    Source: TV Week
     
  • `Idol' tops prime-time Nielsens, again
    Source: Yahoo
     
  • DirecTV to Carry Tennis Channel
    Source: ABC News
     
  • 1.5m Brits to use IPTV by 2011
    Source: Advanced - Television

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